Tonart: Bb major•
Intro 1
Bb
Eb
F
Eb
Bb
Dm
F
Caught a train from Alexandria
Verse 1
Eb
Bb
Just a broken man in flight
F
Running scared with his devils
Eb
Bb
Saying prayers all through the night
F
Oh but mercy can't find him
Eb
Bb
Not in the shadows where he calls
F
Eb
Forsaking all his better angels
That's how every empire
Bb
falls
Interlude 1
Bb
Eb
F
Eb
Bb
C
The bells ring out on Sunday
Verse 2
F
Eb
mornng
Bb
Like echoes from another time
F
All our innocence and yearning
Eb
Bb
And sense of wonder left behind
F
Oh gentle hearts remember
Eb
Bb
What was that story? Is it lost?
F
Eb
For when religion loses vision
That's how every empire
Bb
falls.
Interlude 2
Bb
Eb
F
Eb
Bb
Verse 3
F
He toasts his wife and all his family
Eb
Bb
The providence he brought to bear
F
They raise their glasses in his honor
Eb
Bb
Although this union they don't share
F
A man who lives among them
Eb
Bb
Was still a stranger to them all
Csus4
F
Eb
For when the heart is never open
Bb
That's how every empire falls
Interlude 3
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
Verse 4
F
Padlock the door and board the
Eb
windows
Bb
Put the people in the street
"It's just my job,"
Eb
F
he says "I'm sorry."
Eb
Bb
And draws a check, goes home to eat
Eb
F
But at night he tells his woman
Eb
Bb
"I know I hide behind the laws."
She says, "You're only
F
Eb
taking orders."
Bb
That's how every empire
Interlude 4
falls.
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
Eb
A bitter wind blows through the country
Verse 5
F
Eb
Bb
A hard rain falls on the sea
F
If terror comes without a warning
Eb
There must be something
F
What fire begets this fire?
Eb
Bb
Like torches thrown into the straw
If no one asks,
F
Eb
then no one answers
That's how every empire
Bb
falls.
Outro 1
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
Eb
F
Eb
Bb
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